by Frank Holmes, reporter President Joe Biden’s war on fossil fuels has so devastated consumers that some areas of the country are rationing home heating oil to make sure they don’t run out when winter weather turns brutal. Distributors in the state of Connecticut have begun restricting how much oil… Read More
Walmart pays $3.1B to settle opioid lawsuits
Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and tribal governments still grappling with a crisis in overdose deaths. The retail giant’s announcement follows… Read More
Steve Jobs 1970s sandals auctioned for $218K [Pic]
The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors have been sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. The “well used” brown suede Birkenstocks dating to the mid-1970s set a record for the highest price… Read More
Flying home for the holidays may cost you much more this year
People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Travel experts say the best… Read More
Google ordered to pay $395M after location tracking case
Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday. The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data… Read More
Soap opera star John Aniston, father of Jennifer, dead at 89
ohn Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89. The actor’s daughter posted a tribute to him Monday morning on Instagram, announcing that he had died Friday, Veteran’s Day. John Aniston served in the U.S…. Read More
Huge crypto exchange collapses; Bitcoin plunges
It took less than a week for FTX to go from the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world to bankruptcy court. The embattled cryptocurrency exchange, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection after the exchange experienced the crypto equivalent of a bank run. FTX, its affiliated hedge fund Alameda… Read More
Biden targets gas and oil industry as prices soar
The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to reduce methane emissions, targeting the oil and gas industry, even as President Joe Biden has pressed energy producers for more oil drilling to lower prices at the gasoline pump. Biden was set to announce on Friday a supplemental rule cracking down on… Read More
Elon Musk warns Twitter that “difficult times ahead”
Elon Musk warned Twitter employees Thursday to brace for “difficult times ahead” that might end with the collapse of the social media platform if they can’t find new ways of making money. Workers who survived last week’s mass layoffs are facing harsher work conditions and growing uncertainty about their ability… Read More
Judge halts Joe Biden loan bailout plan… again
A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with a student-loan bailout in federal student-loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it…. Read More
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